JamieLynn Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Greetings from Texas! So I have posted previously about my hunt to find all the species of Echinoids in Texas. Well, I am also on the same fossil quest for all the ammonites, nautiloids, baculites, turrilites and belemnites I can find as well! When looking for one, you might as well look for the other! So I thought I'd start a post of my ongoing hunt for all the cephalopods. I'll start with some of my finds from the recent past and I am still working on my identifications, so please do assist if you notice the wrong ID! Thanks and also post some of your finds! I'd love to see 'em! Start with some of my "backyard" finds (within 20 min drive). I am lucky to have quite a few hunting locals near me, so I occasionally find these lovely little Budaiceras from the Buda formation. I don't think this is Budaiceras, but i actually DID find it in my backyard.....in the creek behind my house, which is Edwards Formation, I believe. Not a great specimen, but the fact I found it in my actual backyard makes it special to me.. . I also find quite a few Engonoeras near me - usually small but decently preserved - I am fairly certain it is from the Glen Rose Formation: Another nice little section from a different spot, also Glen Rose: Best one, however, was from Harker Heights (which is a bit over an hour away) in the Walnut Formation: That'll do for now. More to come in the near future! 5 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Awesome stuff. Giving me a case of fossil fever down in Houston. I might have to brave the heat this weekend, and and do some driving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 If you are going to address all the geological periods it wll be an enormous task:) Readily 5-10k species My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 hours ago, RuMert said: If you are going to address all the geological periods it wll be an enormous task:) Readily 5-10k species hahhaahah! Yes, I know....so I will do my best to find All I Can Find! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 A few more specimens - first one from Austin Chalk in San Antonio Pachydiscus travisi: And my biggest Eopachydiscus (not Planticeras) from Lake Whitney (a couple of Macraster echinoids next to it) www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 That doesn't look like a Placenticeras, probably more like Eopachydiscus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 I think you are correct! Thanks! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Good luck with Your quest! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 What beautiful suture patterns on your Engonoceras specimens - very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Thank you! I love the Engonoceras.....there are so many different suture patterns the differentiate the species. i am going to have to spend some time studying them closely to see if I can discern which I have. www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 A few ,more : Mortoniceras whole and fragments (the top frag may be something else, but not enough of it to really give a good ID I think) www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Trying to collect all the Texas fossil cephalopod species is certainly a fun goal, though of course likely impossible. The quest should keep you busy for a very long time. Out of curiosity, why do you say "ammonites, baculites, turrilites"? Baculites and Turrilites are ammonites. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 ahhh...I did not know baculites and turrilites were considered ammonites. I though ammonite just referred to the coiled spiral shell (excepting heteromorphs and such) and baculites were long straights and turrilites where whorled. Still learning! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 well look at that... just looked it up and yep, baculites are considered heteromorphs. So what would you call the coiiled "flat" like I have listed above, to distinguish from other ammonites, like baculites? Anything to specifically distinguish? I really do not know proper terminology, obviously. At least I knew they were all cephalopods! hahhaha www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 47 minutes ago, JamieLynn said: well look at that... just looked it up and yep, baculites are considered heteromorphs. So what would you call the coiiled "flat" like I have listed above, to distinguish from other ammonites, like baculites? Anything to specifically distinguish? I really do not know proper terminology, obviously. At least I knew they were all cephalopods! hahhaha Planispiral. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 So would you say Ammonite Baculite, Ammonite Turrilites and Ammonite Planispiral? www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Personally I'd just say "ammonites". Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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